Portable drain-board.



A. BHSSMAN & R. E. STRUSE.

PORTABLE DRAIN BOARD.

APP..|CATION FILED on. a, 1915.

1,224,838; I Patented May1,1917.

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vent the sagging of the board feet depending from its AMOS BLISSMAN AND RICHARD E. STRUSE, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.; SAID BLISSMAN ASSIGNOR T0 SAID STRUSE.

PORTABLE DRAW-BOARD.

' Application filed October 8,

vented new and useful Improvements in Portable Drain-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a portable: drain board preferably formed from a single sheet of material and which may be used in conpiction with stationary Washv tubs or the The primary object of the invention is to provide a board of the class described which maybe formed of comparatively light material and shaped in such a manner that water from articles placed upon the drain board will be directed into a waste receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a board of the character described with an upstanding and rolled flange upon three sides thereof which aifords a hand hold when lifting the device.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a drain board with grooves in the bottom thereof, arranged in such a manner that they coiiperate with the upstanding flange upon three sides of the board to prefrom the weight of articles placed thereon and thus prevents the cracking of the enamel with which the board may be coated if found desirable.

A final and important object of the invention is to provlde the drain board with rear end and a spout depending farther from its front end so that, when this spout overhangs the sink the bottom of the drain board is pitched in one direction, but when the device is removed and laid upon a flat support the spout raises this end of the drain board and causes its bottom to incline in the opposite direction whereby water is trapped therein rather than permitted to run out.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of different portions of the board set forth injthe following s ecification and falling within the scope o the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved drain oard showing the same rest- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May l, 191?. 1915. Serial no. 54,816.

ing upon a cover on a stationary wash tub.

and arranged with the deflected portion of the drain board superimposed above a sink.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the drain board removed from the cover of a stationary wash tub upon which it is shown supported in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Flg. 5 is a perspective view showing a modified form of the invention.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

The numeral 1 designates a set of wash tubs and 2 a sink which is usually located in close proximity to said tubs while the numeral 3 designates covers of the stationary wash tubs upon which the improved drain board may be supported when in use.

The improved drain board is designated by the numeral 4 and comprises a grooved body 5 having an upstanding flange across one end and above both sides thereof, as inindicated by the numeral 6 and a deflected portion 7 forming a spout at one other end thereof.

Beneath what might be called the rear end of the body are secured supporting members or feet 8 so as to hold this end raised oif of a level support and pitch the bottom of the drain board. forward when the spout extends over into the sink as seen in Fig. 1; but the spout depends to a greater distance than the length of said feet, with the result that when the entire device is removed from'the position shown-in Fig. 1,

a where the spout hooks over the end of the tubs into the sink, and laid on a level support, the spout will hold the front end of the device higher than the feet will support its rear end, and the water therein will drain in the opposite direction.

The deflected portion 7 or spout on the drain board extends downwardly and outwardly from the forward ends of the board at approximately an angle of 67 degrees while the flange 6 of the board is rolled outward to afford a hand hold for removing the board from the cover of a stationary tub or other fiat support, and the rolls merge into the side edges of the deflected portion 7.

' of the deflectedportion or spout 7 of the The grooves 9 in the body'5 which (50111:.

municate at one end withthe upper edge of the deflected portion 7 or spout diverge outwardly toward the 'rear end of the board upon opposite sides of a centrally located groove extending longitudinally of the body 5 and cooperate with the upstanding flange 6 in preventing the sagging of .the board under the weight of articles placed thereon and also enable the greater portion of the watervwhich is drained from said articles to be directed onto and substantially centrally board and'into a waste receptacle which in this instance has been'shown as the sink2.

Through the arrangement of the supporting members and spout 7, it will be seen that if found desirable, thedrain board may be.

placed upon a support, with the supporting members and spout contacting therewith, so that the drain board will incline toward its flanged end and the water draining from articles placed thereon will be retained upon the board by the flange at the sides and ends thereof. i

The modified form of. the invention is identical in construction with the preferred form of the invention with the exception that the rolled edge of the upstanding flange 6 has been elimlnated in the construction shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing.

It will of course be understood that while the drain board has been described for use in connection with stationary wash'tubs or the like, it is not necessarily confined to this purpose, as its improved construction onables it to be used advantageously for various other purposes when desired.

For instance, if it should so happen that there be no stationary tubs and no table immediately adjacent the sink, or that if they are.there they are in use at the time and therefore the housewife is called upon to drain her dishes on a table which may be a little remote, the drain board is lifted bodily out of the position shown in Fig. 1 and placed upon the table top or other flat surface, when the relatively long spout lifts the open end of the board a little higher than the relatively short feet raise the closed in the or flanged ,end thereof. i Then she washesand rinses her'dishes as usual (in' a dish, pan which, is in'the sink or onja table adja.

cent the drain board) and-places them one by one on the" board to drain. 7 The drainage water falls onto the bottom of'theboard and runs in the opposite direction from whatit will in Fig. 1, and'collects against thefrear end flange at the closed end of the board. Finally "shelifts" the board with its accumulated dishes and carries all to the sink, .where she either tilts the board down ward to pour the accumulated drainage water out over the spout or lays the board position shown 'in Fig. 1 if the top of the adjacent tubs' or table have now been cleared and the space is therefore available. Thus this device, especially by the use of its rolled side flanges which serve as handles,

. becomes not only a drain board but a trayfor carrying the dishes from point to point in case the need should arise.

It will also be understood that, while We have shown and described our improved drainboard as used for draining dishes in the kitchen and adjacent the sink, it may obviously be employed for draining other articles without necessitating any change in its structure.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The hereindescribed drainboard substantially rectangular in contour and having flanges upstanding from its body along both sides and across one end, and rolled outward at their upper edges, supporting feet de- CHARLES K. Boron, LOUIS BOLLON.

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